Satirical Print on the Peace between the Netherlands and the Emperor, 1785

Satirical print on the Treaty of Fontainebleau, which put an end to the Kettle War, the disputes between the Netherlands and the Austrian Emperor Joseph II, 8 November 1785. The Netherlands paid 8.5 million guilders and accepted other humiliating conditions. On the left, an Austrian toll barrier where an open carriage, driven by a French officer, in which sits a Prussian officer; the officer is stopped by the Austrian official for payment of barrier dues, but the two Dutch footmen (members of the States of Holland), who stand at the back of the carriage, say: 'We pay, my Lord!' whereupon the Prussian can continue his journey. In the caption, an explanation in French and German.